Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-12
THE DERBY.
MOntrOse Wins in Two
Thirty-Nine and Fourth.
FULL RESULT OF THE RACES.
Half of Kentucky Witness the
Charge-Jim Gore Goes Lame
The lesser Races.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
LOUISVILLE, May 1.-THE bay colt
Moptrose, son of Duke of Montrose, dam
Pats. wins the great Kentucky Derby.
1t was not great race, but it was
pretty one. Time, 2:39t. makes poor
comparison with Ben Ais last year,
when the latter owered the Derby rec.
ord to 2:56l after magnificent contest.
but it is not SO bad. The weather in
the morning looked little threatening,
and at o'clock q slight shower fell. 1t
lasted only few minutes though, and
did not affect the track in the least.
Long before the first drop fell, streams
OF vehicles and street cars
PACKED AND cRAMNED
And had filled Churchill Downs with an
immense throng second in numbers
only to the memorable gathering at the
Ten Brock -Mollie Mccarthy race. The
field was open to the public, and it
looked like about one.half of the big
common wealth of Kentucky had been
dumped down there. In the grand
stand the gay costumes of the ladies at
the north end, afforded a pleasant con.
trast to the mass of humans packed to-
gether, like sardines, over all the other
space available. There must have been
20, 900 people present.
General Robinson, Of Lexington,
Colonel Green. of st. Louis. and Colonel
NJ. Lewis Clark were the judges. The
horses got off in the first race without
much trouble. 1t was for maiden two
year.olds, and there were seven starters.
Cast Steel won in the fast time of l:0Sa,
distance tive- -eighths of a mile. The
second race, mile and quarter. was
won haDdily by Montana Regent in 2:lla.
The crowd grew nervous, waiting
for the
BIG EVENT OF THE DAY,
aud there was a murmur of applause
when Col. Clark rang the bell for the
Derby. Jim Gore was first out, with
Paddock. He galloped by the stand
slowly, and was greeted with cheers.
His forefeet were wrapped with red fan.
mel and he appeared stiff. Pendennis
came next.
THIS DARK BgOwN CALIFORNIAN
Looked well and attracted much at
tention. When Banberg appeared, how.
ever, lie was greeted with loud cheers,
showing were most of the money was He
looked fit and his hackers were conf.
dent. The friends of Pendennis were
also quite enthusiastic. Lucky Baldwin
had said before the race that he was q
better horse than Goliah, and that was
conclusive enough TO many who got
within range OF the circulation OF the
statement.
Out of the original ll9 entries there
we're only seven started. Those were:
Banburg who was ridden by Blaylock),
Jacobin (Stovall, Clarion (Arnold), Mon.
trose lewis, Pendennis (Murphyl Jim
Core (Fitzpatrick), and Banysn (God.
freyl. Post odds were 7 to against
Banburg, to against Jacobin, Is to
against Clarion, 10 to l against Mont. |
rose, s to ] against Pendennis, to !
! against Jim Core, to ] agains.
Banyan. The distance was one mile !
and half. Billy Cheatham, of Nash
vile, who sent them off, had only to |
drop his flag once in vain. The second |
time, after breathless silence, ''they |
are off" went up simultaneously from |
thousands of throats in the grand stand. |
Jacobin lead off, followed closly by Ban |
van and Monirose, with the rest in !
bunch. As they swerved into the
stretch, Banyan leaped to the front, |
Montrose maintained good second and
Jacobin third Down the stretch the
whole lot of them closed up beautifully, |
Montrose keeping well to the front all
the time.
AS they came down past the grand
stand
GREAT SHOUT ROSE
As they flew by in the order named,
Montrose, Jacobin, Banburg, Ban Yam,
Jim Gore, Pendennis and Clarion. Jim
Gore seemed to be taking things easy,
maintaining his position past the quarter,
where Monrose still lead. Ban Yan,
another son If King Ban, was third;
Pendennis was sixth and Jacobin had
dropped back TO the last place.
At the end OF tine mile the positions
we're not materially changed; Jim Gore
seemed to falter but gathered himself
up and moved up to The third place at
the three-quarter pole. There Montrose
still led, Banyan along side, Gore and
Banburg second. They whirled into
the stretch and Fitzpatrick was seen to
be urging the popular son of Hindoo, as
they camo around the turn, Pendennis
threw up his tail and gave up.
II
beginning to end. Montrose still led TO
the surprise of all. Fitzpatrick had
been instructed to win with Jim Gore if
he had to kill the colt, and as he laid on
the lash in the stretch the horse was
plainly seen to be limping Lewis then
gave Montrose the rein, and it was nip
and tuck between the two for moment,
but Montrose held on nobly and passed
under the string winner by two lengths,
Jim Gore second. He had led with
apparent ease from the grand stand,
without touch of whip, and looked able
to go another quarter. Jacobin was
third, Banburg Favorite fourth, Clarion
fifth, Banyan sixth, Pendennis last. jim
Gore was limping terribly at the finish.
1t is thought he will never be able to
| sthrb hShiu, hOuNoso lS OWucu ny iIu-
bold Bros. of Cincinnati, and was bred
by Milton Young at the McGrathienna
Stud. The time was 2:394. The timers
were w. S. Barnes, Ed. Corrigan and
B. G. Thomas.
RESULT AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE weather
to-day was beautiful, the attendance at
the races large and tho track heavy. In
the three. quarters of a mile race, for
three year olds and upwards, Anarchy
won, Mclaughlin second, Barnum third;
time, l:2la.
For three year olds, one mile, Queen
Of Elizabeth won. Matawan second, Liz
zie Baker third; time, l:50.
For two year olds, half mile, Salts
faction won, Tongue second, Belle dor
third; time, 531 seconds.
Mile and half furlong, Enigma won,
Panama second; time, | l:53.